Chinese engineers have built a human-sized 76 kilogram (168 lb.), 1.58 meter robot that can mimic or “play” Taiji, or Tai Chi as it is also commonly spelled. The BHR-1 robot features 32 joints and can take one meter steps at about 1 km/hour.

The power source is built-in, so no power cables are around to trip the robot up. The use of the robot to mimic traditional Taiji was mainly a demonstration of its versatility. It was noted that the BHR-1 could also be used to “take over some dangerous jobs from humans.”

ROB'S OPINION
Okay, so China's developing robots that can mimic traditional Chinese “shadow-boxing” and a 260MHz CPU called “Dragon.” Is there little doubt what will come next? I foresee an army of mechs marching over the horizon … :)

I looked around for pictures or a source with more details and just kept coming up with identical copies of the same news report. There are also no pictures of the robot available.

Is China just trying to scare us with the possibility of an army of mechs? I think that would be kind of silly. With the advances in balance evident in things like the Segway, I could see a robot being able to mimic Taiji. I just find it a bit suspicious that there's not more information on the robot. Even the bit about the power source being built-in but no mention of an actual battery is kind of odd. What other power source would the designers be using? It's got to be a battery.

At least it will look cool.(1:32pm EST Tue Dec 31 2002)Encase the robots in terracota and you have a legend come to life. That will show us western devils what's up… – by MER

Oh please(2:57pm EST Tue Dec 31 2002)OK…number one…the chinese already have a vast army of atomitons ready to fight to the death in defense of their system…their citizents. Number two…are you going to tell me that they just achieved a 260Mhz processor and built a Bruce Lee robot where we have 3.06Mhz processors and we can barely manage a vacume cleaner? (roomba).Finally number three…Japan Japan are the robot leaders…not China. Japan = yamaha = robots that can play soccer and walk down stairs. China = 260Mhz dragon processors that we wouldnt even whipe our arses with over here anymore. Ok..that should about do it. End of lesson hehe. – by MasterBlaster

MasterBlaster(3:27pm EST Tue Dec 31 2002)The game is one of winning the race, not the first quarter. And from where I stand the Americans have just rounded the corner on the quarter and seem to be running out of steam, the Chinese meanwhile have just left the starting line, but are accelerating, and seem to have the determination to win. – by Robot

know and understand this(3:39pm EST Tue Dec 31 2002)At different times throughout history, combatants have fought on various battlefields. Some won, Some lost. The truth is that, in time, they all would eventually die because in the end, new combatants will always emerge onto the battlefield to challenge and eventually slay the long time victors. As we speak, new combatants are about to emerge on the battlefield. Enjoy the show. – by Zen P. Vatar

The Army idea is ridiculous(5:08pm EST Tue Dec 31 2002)Human soldiers in that country would cost a fraction of the mechanized one… It'll be decades before a mechanized soldier would become cost effective there. On the other hand, a mechanized soldier in our Army would probably be cost effective, at least, if we gave the contract to China… – by Tall Timbers

Robot(5:17pm EST Tue Dec 31 2002)Well, you know what? In the processor arena, AMD and Intel are battling it out in the desktop, notebook and entry level server arena (By entry level, I mean servers costing less than US$ 100,000).

I think by now everyone realized that AMD and Intel absolutely HATE each other, and would love to dish out some spanking if they could. The fact is that their CPU for single processor application is quite darn fast, faster than most of the processor that was previously considered as untouchable by anything x86 based.

Now then, just how are people going to catch two player that had tons more experience and technology, already WAY ahead of you… Well, it is going to take quite a while for them to even eat the dust from the wake of both companies, let alone catching up. If anyone is going to actually have any potencial of catching up in terms of performance, IBM's POWER4 for Apple might have a chance in future development. China? Nah…

As for Robots, I have to give it to Japan. They did some truely remarkable work on their robots. Movement is truely fluid and smooth, even lifelike. Catching up? Not for a while either, the place that China is at is where Japan was at long long time ago. – by Maniac

Mail order Robot army from China.(5:21pm EST Tue Dec 31 2002)I don't think so… It would be a very effective way of losing a war. I've have some friend asked Chinese factory to do some casting for him. All they say is that they can do everything precisely as spec says. And they failed to do anything remotely close to spec. The shape does look kinda similar tho, but it wouldn't fly if you want to make parts for trigger lock.

Have them make the robotic army and ship them to Iraq. So that they all seize up due to sand build up. The Marines can just walk in with a wire cutter, no need to bring weapons. – by Maniac

oooook(5:22pm EST Tue Dec 31 2002)get a life. the chinese people suck. – by bootycall

Female Robot(5:52pm EST Tue Dec 31 2002)Yes I would very much like to have one. – by Slick

Go China, do not worry about 3 GHZ processors. 10 years behind? so what? someday you'll catch up.Humble processer? humble is civilization, igo is being a barbarian. Good job China. Show us the real spirit of civilization. – by Egyptian_thunderbolt

Give me a break !(7:52pm EST Tue Dec 31 2002)Robs comments reflect what goes inside the mind of people in this country: WAR

Is that the only thing that Americans can think about ? that everybody else is trying to take over the world like the Americans are doing ?

Chinese is not trying to scare anyone.they are just more into capitalism, and trying to make money like everybody else.America, there is enough room for everybody in this planet. Stop thinking militarily only. open your mind ! I wish the media here, wasnt so mind controling like they are, and show us who are the real terrorists…

for an interesting insight about the war on iraq read: – by a_good_guy

who needs mechs(9:03pm EST Tue Dec 31 2002)we have anti matter. or anti protons basically the same thing. both cause great big explosions – by some guy

www.SegwayChat.com(9:38pm EST Tue Dec 31 2002)it would be great to see this robot on the segway..

– by techman

Give me a break ! (9:53pm EST Tue Dec 31 2002)by a_good_guy

When did you join the Raelian sect? If you are not a member, consider joining.

Also, learn the English language if you are going to use it to communicate. That or lay off the dope. – by VETERAN

To BootyCall(10:31pm EST Tue Dec 31 2002)I Read about your comment about the chinese people. I don't see any American build human like robt. You suck.– by Loyal Chinese

To BootyCall(11:28pm EST Tue Dec 31 2002)yeah that is all u know right? to bootycall, i guess that is what u can do right? oh and throw out all the chinese products in ur home… – by Dew lay Lo mo!~

To VETERAN(11:42pm EST Tue Dec 31 2002)Yes, I'm learning english, like you suggest but I already know three other languages. How many do you know ?I bet you know only english…

Raelian sect ? are you crazy ?does it bite ?

Go to sleep VETERAN ! – by a_good_guy

Yes Mil Mec(11:47pm EST Tue Dec 31 2002)If it's true military tech in robotics would be a good boost to the economy. – by engineer

More stupid comments from white guys(12:24am EST Wed Jan 01 2003)Taiji or Tai Chi is a slow exercise to increase health and stamina, it is not a martial art. Stupid white guys, a robot that is showing Taiji is not doing martial art, it is demonstating a slow exercise. – by white guys, dumb

Dont Be jealous(1:50am EST Wed Jan 01 2003)hi geeks – by taiwan

Dont be jerlous(1:58am EST Wed Jan 01 2003)yea yea yea. stop bullshiting about the 3.6 mhz cpu you have now. think about it. it took intel 30 years of studying inorder to make it happen today. it took china two months to develope from 0mhz to 260 mhz. intel from the 70's goes all the way to 1996 did it reach 266 penitum 2. everything starts out hard. china only took 2 months to establish 20 yrs of what you did. and about robot huh? I dont see how USA has build any yet. oh. or does Terminator count? yea right. wake up. it only happen in the movie. yes, japan is #1 at making robots. but is JAPAN, is JAPAN. not USA. are you happy for JAPAN? whats that have to do with you people. and about the cpu. I see most of them made in taiwan. also one thing. who the fuxk say anything about robotic armies? I dont think the article mentioned anything about forming robot armies. you geeks like to make up stuff? I think you are being silly. besides, it only took china 3days to defeat vietnam and it took the us army…………a LONG time to run. I respect the US army to fight for freedom. I m sorry to bring up this subject. and I also respect CHINA. but not stupid geeks. bootycall go fuxk yourself n get your own life suckers! first of all, you people are being racist. what else you got. about 60% of adult over weight in the country? top the of food chain? face the fact! second, I dun believe none of you fuxkers contain not even one item from your housewhole thats made in china? i believe you people are jealous or afraid that china is getting stronger that it could compete with usa. remeber me. I m taiwan. I made motherbord for your home. – by by taiwan

Deny China(4:38am EST Wed Jan 01 2003)…at your own risk. The 20th century was dominated by the US — the 21st will *belong* to China.

Oh, and VETERAN, since you dish out criticism so willingly…turn the damn caps off. 'Nuff said. – by Guru_of_peace

To fab 2Ghz+ CPU in China(4:39am EST Wed Jan 01 2003)We will just have to buy AMD. – by The Dear Leader

to by taiwan(9:01am EST Wed Jan 01 2003)Funny. You know damn well why it took intel years to CREATE the tech and only a shorter time for China to spy and STEAL the tech.

Christ! China's been caught spying and stealing tech so often it's not funny anymore. But even after they steal it it takes them such a long time to recreate the necessary tools and train their people that they can have the full specs of the Pentium 4 northwood and still not be able to reproduce it.

Espionage and stealing seem to be the only way that “Modern China” is able to compete. Don't for one second try to act like Modern China should be respected for the successes of ancient china. They are 2 completely different nations and peoples.– by Set It Straight!

Let me set the record straight….(8:00pm EST Wed Jan 01 2003)The US has had military “robots” in the field for decades. Ever heard of a cruise missle, an ICBM, a spy satelite, a predictor drone, just to name a few.

Thing is, robots don't have to look human to make good soldiers or to be productive. In fact the most usefull robots don't look human.

Finally, comparing the tech of a country like China to US commerical technology is totally off base. While its true that in a country like China, the best technology that they have is their commercial technology, this is far from true for the US. Commerical US semiconductor technology typically lags US military technology by 10 to 20 years.

While I don't want to ever underestimate an enemy, its fair to say that China is at least 50 years behind, Japan is at leaset 30 years behind and Europe is at least 20 years behind US military technology. Even so, we (the US) spend more on developing new military technology than the GNP of 90% of the world.

The final thing I have to say is that the rest of the world should be thankfull that the US has no interest in making war with them. Just leave us alone and you have nothing to worry about. Piss us off and prepare for doom. At this point in time we're pissed. We have a short list of folks that will receive the blunt end of our might. No one else should be stupid enough to stand between them and our war machinery. – by NetGuy

Wore(9:52pm EST Wed Jan 01 2003)Lighten up there Netguy……old Dubya is just pizzed cause Daddy couldn't finish the job and he feels obligated.

As for U.S. military being so far ahead..well you may be right bout that but 50 years ahead is a little profound.

I think instead of wasting money on the military the U.S. should put some bux into health care.Bush is such a war monger though I doubt that'll ever happen. – by smellycheeselicker

CHINESE PEOPLE DO SUCK(10:29pm EST Wed Jan 01 2003)to all of those who replied and stated that chinese people do not suck..well I have one thing to say: Kiss my american ass you slanted eye ching changs!! we will destroy and assimilate your nasty, stinky country you twats!! – by bootycall

Found the picture(10:33pm EST Wed Jan 01 2003)Not much to look at, but here is the picture of the robot.– by lowG

C-3PO(1:53am EST Thu Jan 02 2003)on a segway..w00t! – by r2-d2

To Set It Straight(4:54am EST Thu Jan 02 2003)what are you? americans? if you are you should learn some american histroy of how americans kidnaped albert einstein from Germany. if you are accusing china from stealing, then americans are robbing such as the atomic bomb tech from germany? I hope this remark wont offend you. I think americans is trying to rob again from iraq. if you think that china stole intel's technology then how come they didnt file a lawsuit against china in the first place and wait for someone like you to make this unevidented comment. so what you mean is when you learn something from your teacher you are stealing from him? dont mistaken learning from stealing. – by taiwan

to mr netguy(4:55am EST Thu Jan 02 2003)mr netguy, let me restate what you just worte, “its fair to say that China is at least 50 years behind, Japan is at leaset 30 years behind and Europe is at least 20 years behind US military technology.” it's ture that the USA is the leading power of the world today. but I dont think it is possible of what you are saying about china being 50 years behind the US. let me mention last years incident about the USA spyplane being held hostage by china. and dont get me wrong, I have no interest to bring up this sad event for you. I just want to make a comment about how china noticed the supposed to be invisible spyplane. if americans military technology are 50 ahead of china then shouldnt the us military took action then to pressure china to return the plane within 3 days? and dont underestimate other nation's power. whatever the US got toda, they show it off to the world. but whatever the chinese get. you dont know it untill the day it come. also are you saying that the world is lucky the us has no interest in making war with them. then how come the USA started many after wwII? don't be so proud of what you have now and judge what others start developing! if you can provide no help then please stay away. 911 is a tragic event which i think americans should put more on economics and technologies to serve the world like what u have wrote. peace. remember me. I m taiwan. the best selling motherboard in the market today asus.com– by taiwan

BOOTYCALL 's nasty family(5:26am EST Thu Jan 02 2003)bootycall, your mom's last name is ching and your daddy's last name is changs and your real name is ching changs and your whole entire nasty family is cursed by two billion chinese so they cant eat nor sleep and thats why you hate us so much and it started from your grandpa's time, he was forced to eat 300 chinese's people's shit inorder to kept alive for 3 months, fortunally the genes didnt pass down to your daddy but you and now you spent tons of money paying for chnese shit as a hobby when your finally broke and have to kill your mama to get some insurence money to complete your desire to eat more shit. i could do you a favorite by redesigning a special toilet with a special pile that leads outside of my house so that you can wait there for shit everyday. thats why i don't blame your family from stinking and being nasty because your whole family plays with shit 24/7. but please dun walk near me within 300miles or i'll shot your ass with my american shotgun. unfortunally for you this curse will continue within your generation. and one more thing, please drop down the shit while you are reading my stuff. remember me, i'm taiwan so if you have to beg for food come find me i'll give you a motherboard to trade for money or my dog's fresh shit. – by taiwan

to tell the ture about my son BOOTYCALL(6:12am EST Thu Jan 02 2003)taiwan, I m changs, bootycall's father. how the hell you know about my son BOOTYCALL. you are absolutely right. he did name ching changs. but I have to tell you bootycall's favorite is not just chinese shits. he also like white man and black man shit as well. i think the genes might have gone throught mutation. hes obsess with it now. thank you for giving him free shit….because i think hes coming down to me. I wonder why he keep forcing me to buy insurance. i think hes planing on something..i dont know what it is yet….shhhh..i just want to tell you…..i think someone cut my car's break and there was a fire in my room twice last week. then i lost my gun but i spoted some bullet in his room. my god i'm so damn scare..wait i hear him walking towards me…because i can sense his 36A booty flanking as he walks. i have to go now!….wait! OMG! the widow is seal! (the NEXT MIN.. BANG.. the door is knock open by bootycall)

CHANGS: Son? er…i mean booty..do you mind if i call you booty? what are you doing pointing a gun at me? BOOTYCALL: shit.. shit….i want more shit!CHANGS:wait… I cant shit anymore…i already shited 3 times…i can't.. my ass hurts..son?BOOTYCALL: no shit? hehehe. then you will die! CHANGS:wait!….i think grandma have some left overs in the fridge..why dont you go check..(i'll take my chance to escape now..)BOOTYCALL:hhehe. dad? I see dead poeple. hehehaha..CHANGS:huh? who? AH………(bang!)BOOTYCALL:… shit shit shit. what I got is full of shit in my mind. – by CHANGS's WILL

They can both reconise objects,walk like a human,understand human signs, take photosect… – by someguy

well….(9:18am EST Thu Jan 02 2003)the US has been working on mech like robots since the 70's.

Yum! – by jv

Listen up citizens…(10:54am EST Thu Jan 02 2003)I'll probably just end up nuking China's ass too. Not like their crappy plastic missiles can even hit Hawaii. They're still launching plastic dummies into space. We'll kick their ass Texas style!

After them it's North Korea, Iran, Libya… – by President Bush

Shut up.(11:19am EST Thu Jan 02 2003)What you all are whining about is just babble.The US mil is ahead of china by about 20 to 50 years. There is research on a light based cpu dateing back to the 70's running at 1GHZ after that there is no mention of it. The japanese robots are jokes, yes they can walk recognize objects, signs, and take photos which remids me of japanese tourists. Perhaps they are tourists in suits. On the other hand the robots can dance, has anyone tried the karioky test (pardon the bad spelling). I could not imagine how many robots have comeout of just university graduate labs in the US can not be compared. Oh, and please lay of the chink comments, that kind of talk just degrades the quality of this site. – by Pfy in training

I FEEL SO HONORED…(12:32pm EST Thu Jan 02 2003)I feel so honored to be given the amount of space to my replies that I have received. As I sit here bored out of my skull at my parents house, I find it reassuring that such allegedly intelligent people out there can write so much about the word shit. Speaking from experience perhaps? I most likely think so. So TAIWAN, all I have to say is that you are a waste of sperm. Your mom should have swallowed you when she had the chance the whore. Happy New Year…oh yeah, CHINESE PEOPLE STILL SUCK….. :-) – by BOOTYCALL

Not that I can read it…(2:10pm EST Thu Jan 02 2003)

Homepage for the research project funding. Funds more then just this. The English site has most of the links disabled, but the chinese site still uses english directories, so you can kinda make your way around. Not much there, but interesting none the less. – by Snoop

President BUSH(2:37pm EST Thu Jan 02 2003)hello poeples. I m president bullshit(BUSH). I need some help if anyone would join us to defeat lraq so after that we share their oil. We have 50 million of fat people today but not china. 30 million die in cancer a year but not japan. 20 million are HIV +++ begining from the 80 but not european. we like to show off our military technology but we are still chicken that scare to against iraq alone. but about china. maybe 50 years after we will have a chance to fight them. but not today. we scare but still want to bullshit about it. and one more thing. bootycall is not american. whatever shit about him got nothing to do with usa. now you ejoy your shit and kill your own nasty family for the peoples of AMERICA. – by Pesident BUSH(BS)

John Waynes…(3:45pm EST Thu Jan 02 2003)Tsk Tsk…Americans bragging about their armys secret projects that they just know is 100 years ahead of whats currently being sold or the rest of the world.

How the f–k would you know about that since these projects are veeery secret.

That said i agree that it is likely, as much money that is invested in military r&d in the US, that the technology is more advanced but forget 50 years or even 20 years.About 10 years is probably a more reasonable guesstimate.

In fact in some areas the US trails other countries technologies by a decade.Take for example the russian supercavitating torpedoe Skhval that can travel more than 375 km/h under water. The americans does not have that capability.You talk about chinese spying and stealing technology but an american “businessman”/retired navy captain named Edward Pope was apprehended by the russians for trying to steal said technology.

Very naive of americans to believe that their country isn't trying to take shortcuts by stealing and spying.Everybody does that, everybody… – by Tom

to Pfy in training(4:38pm EST Thu Jan 02 2003)Well. tell me ONE robot made bythe US that is anyware as good as the asimo or SDR-4x.These two not only powerful, but have a cool design. also honda will allow people to rent asimo's by next year.If the you know ONE decent U.S biped robot.Just show me a site.

The two robots may not be all thatsimiler to a human, buts there the best ones around and do far more then any old cheap U.S toy would.

Now here is somthing thats good.Asimo.

– by someguy

US robots(7:14pm EST Thu Jan 02 2003)US robots jump upside down and get exctied when they hear the word “War”. There are 50 millions of them and they are also called TV potatoes or simply fatty.

They work in Ford and GM car manufacturing factories like their Japanese cousins who work in Toyota and Honda. Recently a few of them got layoff, sent to the landfill and causing McDonald sales to go down.

It is incredible that US army is 30 years ahead of Japan. The numbers just do not add up. Japanese army uses and produces F15's not cheap versions like F16s and F18s. All Japan soldiers have officer training to allow rapid expansion. The budget is number three in the world. You computer geeks might be jealous — the fastest supercomputer is built by Japanese and belongs to Japan.

Playstation 2 is two years ahead of Xbox to come to market. US is nothing until World War One (1914) when they sent the black slaves with a rifle and five bullets each (otherwise US is 88 years ahead of Europeans :)).

British army was much more sophicated than the US army during WWII (on average).

Americans (as colonists) tend to “import” ideas: atomic bombs, rockets (designed by Germans). As President Kennedy said,”We have got the wrong German.” when Russians sent the first man into the orbit.

Somehow some Americans are quite “creative” with numbers.– by Samura Takeda

taiwan you idiot(7:42pm EST Thu Jan 02 2003)The spy plane landed in china because of an on board emergency. It was not detected by China and “forced down.” It was a 3rd rate spy plane at that.

I stand firm on the technology spreads. Our top in military tech is so far ahead of places like China that they would have about the same chance of reverse engineering it as we would an alien craft. When your are 50 years behind you don't even have to technology to understand the technology let alone build it.

As Samura Takeda, don't forget that F15/16/18's are 30 years old. You have to look at the stuff that's in black labs right now to get a sense of where we are. Rember that the stealth bomer (B2) is more than 10 years old and the YF22 and YF23 are almost 7 years old at this point (and they are decades ahead of F15/16/18 which are decades ahead of anything else in the world.)

– by NetGuy

in responce to anti american remarks(11:14pm EST Thu Jan 02 2003)dear ps bush (bs)china havest organs from their “loyal”citizens not to mention their homelessness organized crime corupt media and countless other problems that they have kept quiet dear zen p.vatar china was founded in the pre history era us is little more than 200 years old we havent even began to show our true potential china was law less for hundreds of years the us on the other hand has had a decline in many problems over time china just moves slower dear president bush you make me embarased to be american you couldnt be more ignorant any nuke fired would most likley cause an international incedent dear all china supporters im supprised china doesnt have this site on the black list what with all the anti asian china remarks (booty call you are an idiot) samura takeda you and taiwan keep getting us comercial tech mixed up with millitary tech find the defence department web site then look for a some what hidden link (hint:check pss words that dont connect to the site get to the site it does connect to and you might get just a glimpse of what we have the real good stuff isnt connected to the net so just remember tht ps2 is a video game system so is x box and neither has any thing to do with millitary tech if you want to argue with 3rd rate americans im sure you can find a site more to your liking as for the 3rd rate americans that post on this site why bother this site is fairly annomous why try to brag to some (asian) kid living in san fransico (you know who you are) who thinks the us is crappy place to live and yet he has never seen china and knows very little about it – by mac_man

China isn't so bad considering that they invented many of the most important inventions necessary to the creation of the modern democratic nation state. To name a few– gunpowder– paper– printing press (original version)– paper money– compass– advanced farming techniques– advanced sailing techniquesThey came up with these thousands of years ago before anyone else. These eventually made it to the west and helped lauched a revolution to the rest of the world (perhaps unknowingly, but nonetheless). Without these the world might still be in the dark ages!

As for their current system of government, they picked the loser. But how do you switch 1.x billion people overnight to democracy when they are mostly uneducated? You can't. And to hurry it too fast is just plain irresponsible. You'll end up with 1 giant third world country that is corrupt as hell. You see plenty of these countries around the globe. Who in their right mind would want to cause this to 2x% of humanity?? Indeed this would be the greatest human misery ever to be _consciously_ created. The point is it takes time to do it right. And the US leadership probably knows that.– by 2 cents

my 2 part 2 cents to _all_ the haters(1:30am EST Fri Jan 03 2003)Part 1, to all the china haters:

I don't think the chinese are so bad. They invented thousands of years before anyone else some of the most important inventions to the modern democratic nation state:– gunpowder, canon's, land mines– paper– printing press (original version)– paper money– compass– advanced sail system that sails in any direction despite wind direction– advanced farming/irrigation

These eventually made it to Europe. Without them we'd probably still be in the dark ages.

As for their system of government they picked the loser. But how do you switch 1.x billion uneducated people to democracy overnight. You don't. You'd get the greatest misery ever that was consciouly created if you did.You'd have 1 giant third world country filled with death and corruption. It takes time to do it right. The US leadership probably knows that. – by 2 cents

my 2 part 2 cents to _all_ the haters, part 2(1:34am EST Fri Jan 03 2003)Sorry for that accidental duplicate above. Here is part two:

To all the american haters:

The US is the best damn place to live period. The US has the most advanced governing system period. Most of the major innovations happen here because the system works. I didn't say it was perfect. But is there anything better?!?!

The US saved Europe from Hitler period. The US is a young country and yes they will make mistakes from time to time. But can anyone do better? Then step to the plate and stop whinning!

Yes they tried isolationism but look what happened. A tiny country called Japan dared attack us. That day the US woke up and said you know what, the world is a f***** up place. And the only way we can protect ourselves is to take control of the damn situation.

Do you think the world would be a better place if the US was not in charge?? No, period!

The US revolutionized the world and without them the world would probably be a much worse place. We'd either be in draconian rule under Hitler or waiting in line for our food rations right now under communism. You think you'd be reading some comments on the world's greatest tool ever created (the US created internet)?? I don't think so.

People think that all the US ever does is kick a**. But of all the countries in history they've probably saved the most a**.

Peace out mofo's– by 2 cents

asian robots haters(1:51am EST Fri Jan 03 2003)One more comment since this is supposed to be about a robot and not international relations.

The tai chi robot is pretty cool. It can probably be used as an instructor. It might be cool to rent a robot instructor instead of a exercise video.

And leave it to the Japanese to create cool consumer products. These robots are the next step to the walkman, CD's, Gameboy's and Playstations. Come on you wouldn't buy a robot that would clean your house while it's playing video games against you?? Well I would, so if you haters want to make a buck then you should have been listening.

As for the technology most of it was probably developed in the US by the government decades ago and other westernized countries such as Japan, Germany. – by 2 cents

blah(1:54pm EST Fri Jan 03 2003)Americans, pray tell what you need all these superweapons for?It's not as you would use them where they would get any kind of competition.

You only seek out very poor or underdeveloped countries to slaughter so why do you invest in more death and destruction bringing technologys?

Think if all military budgets in the world had gone to the medical field what we had accomplished… – by Tom

i hope they get it perfected soon(8:12pm EST Sun Jan 05 2003)we need a robot to slap you guys silly – by lol

find and kill bootycall(4:35pm EST Sun Apr 13 2003)i wonder if bootycall even knows that spreading hate on the internet is a crime, i'm not a geek, infact i type with 2 fingers, the same 2 fingers that will gouge out the eyes of that racist hillbilly, you Miller lite drinking piece of redneck shit. the chinese do not suck…ur mom does…my big fat kak.the chinese should reprogram the robot to kick bootycalls booty. – by joe schmoe

Tai Chi Robot(8:38am EST Mon Aug 11 2003)I bet the Robot is better at Tai Chi then all the Westerners who think they can do Tai Chi.

Westerners who are saying stupid things about the Chinese should beware. Look who they put in King Fu instead of Bruce Lee. – by David

Tai Chi Robot(8:39am EST Mon Aug 11 2003)I bet the Robot is better at Tai Chi then all the Westerners who think they can do Tai Chi.

Westerners who are saying stupid things about the Chinese should beware. Look who they put in Kung Fu instead of Bruce Lee. – by David

innovations(4:11pm EST Mon Oct 13 2003)did you stupid yankee fucks know the country that has most innovations per capita, is FINLAND!! You yanks are so fucking naive, you say that you would easily conquer the world…well…think about this…China has over 2.000.000 Soldiers! PLUS 500.000 IN RESERVES!!and it has the largest navy in the world….think about what would happen if china would mobilize for war? 1.300.000.000 people working for one cause only? and don't forget Shkval! Supercavitating torpedo that travels over 400 km/h…US torpedos have a max speed of 130km/h )…and in theory, skhval could reach the speed of sound with the right propulsion…(speed of sound in water is about 5300km/h) your stupid submarine officers wouldn't have time to say “fuck…” until KABOOM!! Just remember me when you will someday pay for your arrogance, whether it will come in 10 years, 50..or 100 years…doesn't matter…but you will feel the pain.Just remember that the russians were the first in space and you faked the moonlanding…but I gotta give it to you, you really bulled that one off :).. well the people is studip…easy to foolbye now – by TimberX

Hey 2 cents(8:46am EST Mon Nov 24 2003)Give us evidence, not your shitty opinions.The US saved Europe from Hitler? No, it was the Red Army who lost and gaine d the most.They tried isolationism? If you call repeatedly invading their neighbours, South America and the Phillipines isolationism, so be it.The US has the most advanced governing system? No, that's how Bush got it. That's why you have the most corrupt politicians and lobbyists in the West. TimberX-China the largest navy? They can't even capture Taiwan, lol. Faked moonlanding? No, you're a fucking moron who believes whatever he reads – by Haywood Jablowme

SS(2:58pm EST Wed Jan 07 2004)DO YOU HAVE ANY THING SHORTER THAN THAT – by MORGAN

You bunch of freaks(12:03pm EST Fri Nov 26 2004)You bunch of freaks – by You bunch of freaks

ss(1:17pm EST Thu Dec 02 2004)no – by me

you guys are pathetic(3:01am EST Tue Jan 04 2005)It's funny i was scrolling thru this and noticed what started off as a peaceful conversation turned into a war -_- – by Mist

God damn it(1:18am EST Tue Jun 28 2005)This is the second racial thread that I have read in a month! Why can't we all just learn from one another and work to improve our lives as human beings! robots should be used as aids of peace and medicine, not destruction. If its one thing i have noticed is that americans start a lot of technology and than loose sight of their goals half way through. than the asians learn from our research and run with it while the americans start doing something else and then wonder why asia is so advanced.

If you remeber Japan, after WWII, was ordered not to have a standing army. while america pushes half its income into military stuff, japan has all this money that its NOT spending on the military. What do you think they did with all this money? they invested it in technology while america decided to be all rambo and stuff.

Based on observations that i have seen, their are a lot of dickheaded arrogant americans who just run their mouths. second nearley every asian i have come across, has some kind of superiority complex. I dont know why but they do. I think they have been instilled this idea by their parents or something. Also more asians respect education a hell of a lot more than americans do. that is why they are able to adapt to new technological advances. And another point of thought, you russians are not getting off scott free on this one too! I have noticed that russians think they know everything.

speaking of Einstien He was jewish and hitler would have forced him to create the bombs for his evil plots and than killed him. keep in mind he wouldn't have thought twice about blowing up any one of your god damn countries. the reason america took einstein in the first place was to prevent that from happening otherwise history might have been a little different if you know what i meen.

– by A concerned citizen

God damn it (part II)(1:20am EST Tue Jun 28 2005)by the way we arent typically called yankees anymore its not really derogatory any more. its either redneck or a northern son of a bitch (something like that), and yes many of americans are just mind waisting naive little crackers that do dope and sit on their ass all day, however not all of them are. infact many americans do respect education, inquire to learn, eat right, and have respect for other nations. the problem is that alot of americans just listen to the media which is what the government wants you to know, and rest most of what their daily activitys and morals based on pop culture i.e. video games + burger king/mcdonalds = Lardass.

Lastley america has indeed done a lot with robotics check out lynxmotion.com and other american hobby websites for robotics. america put robots on mars and throughout the solar system. the thing is that asia is caught up on making the most human looking/behaving robot as possible and that has caught a lot of new attention because its facinating to see something so closely resemblent to ourselves. not to mention the technological hurdles it takes to get a biped to walk without falling on its face. So in close yes I am american, infact jewish-american, i do respect asias advancements, and to an extent i agree with russians about why a great number of americans are lard-asses, i do have a 50% russian heritage. and i am quite sure that i have pissed off some fellow americans however i believe we ALL should stop dicking around about who is better and work to improve the quality of life FOR ALL HUMAN BEINGS as FRIENDS, not enemies!! – by A concerned citizen